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FUNimation Adds Soul Eater Anime from Media Factory (Update 2)
posted on by Egan Loo
The North American anime distributor Soul Eater supernatural action manga. The story begins at the Shinigami Weapons Specialist Vocational School, a university run by Death himself for living weapons and their human partners. One of the student weapons specialists, the human Maka Alban, is paired with Soul Eater, a boyish figure whose true form is a scythe. Maka, Soul, and the rest of their class learn how to collect souls while plying their arts against the witches, werewolves, and zombies of the world. A trailer is available on the official North American website.
This reveals that the anime will be 51 episodes long when it ends this spring. FUNimation will release the anime in four half-season sets beginning in late 2009.
Ohkubo's original "cool & pop action fantasy" manga has been running in Square Enix's publishes it in North America.
Image © Atsushi Ohkubo/Square Enix, Dentsu 2008
Update: ANN has posted a spotlight feature on this anime series.
Update 2: A trailer is now available for viewing. "Human weapons masters" has been reworded to "human partners." Thanks, Emerje.
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